Jared Leto just
"kidding" about being gay

A spokesperson for actor Jared Leto says the performer was "kidding" last week when he told AOL Music that he was gay. Leto was promoting the new album from his critically drubbed band 30 Seconds to Mars when he told an interviewer, via instant message, "I'm gay...as a goose." Late Friday, AOL posted the message, "After this interview was published, Jared Leto contacted us to say that he was, in fact, not gay and that his 'coming out' should not be taken seriously. What a tease." His spokesperson, Robin Baum, issued a statement saying, "Jared was kidding." Leto, who played the lover of Alexander the Great in Oliver Stone's Alexander, is best known for his role as brooding Jordan Catalano on the classic teen series My So-called Life. (The Advocate)